Is it proper to call it a crack??? I've been saying it's a seam separation I guess because "crack" to me sounds like the guitar was abused or not properly humidified and neither of those were ever the cause, at least in my examples they weren't.
But, I've been told by more than one person that it really is a crack and should be explained as such.
Maybe there's an accepted custom of calling it a crack regardless of where and why it happened, but I think it's a semantic issue.
I'd agree with you on calling it a seam separation because it's not caused by wood shrinking and separating along a grain line in what is supposed to be a
solid piece of wood, it's separating where
2 pieces were joined by glue.
In fact, thinking further on it, where's the sense in calling it a "crack" and then explaining it's actually a seam separation?
If it was me I'd stick to my guns, and tell the folks who want you to say it's a crack to buy it so
they can say whatever they want about it.
:glee:
By the way, I've found that particular occurrence in far more Guilds than any other brands I've owned. But then again, I've always had far more Guilds than any other brand. I saw it twice in Martins I've owned and never on a Gibson.
Just curious what ya'll think.
I hate to say it but along with the (stable) bridge lift in my F65ce, I noticed the beginning of that dreaded seam separation on my F65ce myself about a month ago, and in this case there's a parallel crack line about 3/8" off center from the seam on the bass side.
No actual separation but definitely visible as a potential problem.
Yes humidification was the first thing that occurred to me because I virtually
never humidify 'em, not even supposed to
need to where I live in CA, but have also started to suspect that perhaps maple needs more humidifying than 'hog..
Also think the top's a little thinner than average on these, and that the shrinkage mechanism may be that the maple tends to draw humidity to itself at the expense of the top.
Have been reading that this atmospheric river bringing so much rain through these last couple of weeks has also been driving humidity up into the 70's and even '80's % ranges and so have been leaving guitar out in open case, pending investing an in-case gadget.
It actually came with a soundhole humidifier but it wasn't the correct oval soundhole version, and I worried about it leaking and staining the back anyway so tossed it.